What are some opposite words for addict?

Antonyms for addict
ˈæd ɪkt; əˈdɪktad·dict

This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term addict.

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  1. addictverb

    Synonyms:
    dedicate, hooked, adapt, devote, consecrate, fit

  2. addictverb

    A person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug

    Synonyms:
    fit, dedicate, consecrate, adapt, hooked, devote, habitue, aficionado, junkie, devotee, fan, adherent, enthusiast, slave

  3. addictverb

    An adherent or fan (of something)

    Synonyms:
    fit, adapt, devote, consecrate, dedicate, hooked, habitue, devotee, enthusiast, adherent, fan, aficionado, junkie, slave

  4. addictverb

    To adapt; to make suitable; to fit.

    Synonyms:
    devote, hooked, dedicate, consecrate, adapt, fit

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Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. addict, nut, freak, junkie, junkynoun

    someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction

    "a golf addict"; "a car nut"; "a bodybuilding freak"; "a news junkie"

    Synonyms:
    bollock, testis, junkie, lusus naturae, monster, screwball, nut, junky, monstrosity, egg, fruitcake, en, testicle, ball, orchis, crank, drug addict, nut case, crackpot, ballock, freak

  2. addictverb

    someone who is physiologically dependent on a substance; abrupt deprivation of the substance produces withdrawal symptoms

    Synonyms:
    freak, junkie, junky, nut

  3. addict, hookverb

    to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)

    Synonyms:
    fleece, thieve, filch, cabbage, surcharge, sneak, snare, accost, snarf, swipe, hook, pluck, nobble, pilfer, crochet, overcharge, pinch, soak, lift, gazump, cop, rob, glom, solicit, purloin, snitch, plume, knock off, abstract

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. addictverb

    Synonyms:
    habituate, accustom

How to use addict in a sentence?

  1. Shirley Chisholm:

    It is not heroin or cocaine that makes one an addict, it is the need to escape from a harsh reality. There are more television addicts, more baseball and football addicts, more movie addicts, and certainly more alcohol addicts in this country than there are narcotics addicts.

  2. Eric Adams:

    Most people think of an addict as you know, skid row, or homeless living on the street.

  3. Former Toronto Mayor Rob Ford:

    I do not use crack cocaine, nor am I an addict of crack cocaine.

  4. Matt Gaetz:

    They don’t want to fund the police, they want to addict the police to the federal dollar, and that comes with a more efficient way to ensure centralized decision-making.

  5. Ashlee Marie Preston:

    I was discriminated against in my job, I was fired, I became homeless, I had to engage in survival sex work. I became a drug addict because I didn't know how to navigate survival on the streets.

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